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Questions tagged [web-server]

Refers to the software or hardware that make up a webserver, delivering content on a private or public website.

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Simple way of restarting crashed processes?

I need to monitor several processes running on my webserver. For some reason, varnish currently crashes once every day or two. I'm using monit to supposedly restart varnish automatically, but it doesn't work. Here's my monit.conf entry for…
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Why store Apache SSL certificate and private key in separate files?

The Apache mod_ssl documentation for the SSLCertificateFile and SSLCertificateKeyFile directives states that it is 'strongly discouraged' to store a private key and an SSL certificate in the same file. Now obviously the private key file should be…
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Is anyone using Node.js as an actual web server?

I am trying to convince myself to pick it up and start developing with it, but I want to know if anyone has expected stability issues or anything of the sort. I understand it isn't "production" quality, like Apache or IIS. I figure for a small site,…
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Block direct access to webserver IP via HTTPS

Similar to this and this question I want to block users from using the IP to access my server. For HTTP (port 80) this works fine, but not for HTTPS. So users can still enter https:// to access the webserver and nginx returns the default…
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Risks of using django manage.py runserver for production in a small scale server, for internal use?

I am writing a small web-app with django. It will have no more than 200 users, all internal to my company. I want to set it up as quickly as possible. I am new to django and web-apps. As I read django's tutorial, they don't recommend using python…
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nginx config fails with SSL key/pem (unique case)

I am trying to install SSL on my nginx reverse proxy with certified ssl keys but i get this message when i try to restart server: Restarting nginx: [emerg]: SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_file("/etc/nginx/conf.d/cert.key") failed (SSL: error:0906D06C:PEM…
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is it okay to use random URLs instead of passwords?

Is it considered "safe" to use URL constructed from random characters like this? http://example.com/EU3uc654/Photos I'd like to put some files/picture galleries on a webserver that are only to be accessed by a small group of users. My main concern…
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What are these weird access requests?

I using WAMPServer on my computer for testing and development. I forgot and left it online for a few days and I notice a bunch of random requests that aren't even from my IP. Here are some examples. 77.73.69.127 - - [29/Apr/2012:08:22:20 -0700]…
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How stable is Cherokee Web Server?

I just installed Cherokee and gave it a try. I'm pretty impressed with it. The configuration of the server is certainly a new approach and I must say that I generaly like it (surprisingly). Do you have any experience with it? Is it reliable?
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apache webserver unresponsive with server-status showing all child processes waiting for connection

My setup: I have 3 nearly identical webserver machines serving the same high loaded dynamic website with simple load balancing over dns. The service has been working for over two years with the same apache config: apache2, php5, ubuntu 8.04 linux…
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IIS server: how to dump IIS configuration into a single file

How to export/import configuration of my IIS server into/from a single file? The reason is that I want to put the configuration under version control system to track changes made by admins. Sultan
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finding the root for a windows iis server

I'm going into a friend's storefront to upload a javascript display on their computers. They said they have installed Windows IIS, which is because you need a webserver for javascript to read "local" files. The problem is that I have never used IIS…
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How to setup an Intranet site and a FREE alternative to Sharepoint

I've been tasked with the job of building a web server and Intranet site using perhaps Joomla for creating an alternative to Microsoft Sharepoint and would like some advice of what steps to take and how to get started. A bit of background is that we…
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How do you deploy your .NET Web Application? (Recommendations, please!)

We've recently upgraded our ASP.NET Website to a Web Application and we're shocked by the sudden leap in difficulty when deploying it. Considering how common a task this must be, I was wondering what plug-ins/software people use to deploy a rapidly…
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alert when a server is out of load balancer

We have a number of sites in a number of environments. Many of the environments are load balanced with two web servers (and in some cases two app servers). Twice in the past two months we've run into a situation in which a server was inadvertently…
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